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I have already repotted most of the other natives that need it this year so now its time for the figs.

Started with the little one. I've been thinking it was time for a new pot and this one was just the right size. After warming up on that one I tackled one a little larger.

This one started as a 3 tree planting root over rock. Little did I know how fig roots grow! Very little of the rock visible now and the roots of all 3 have merged so that it just looks like a large trunk. It looks like I've left a lot of roots but that is mostly solid wood and rock left. I can't cut back any further.

This one just gets back into the old pot. The tree has had some fungal dieback in the branches and will take a bit of time for the branches to develop into something worthwhile. Might have to try some preventative sprays next year. Our January club meeting explores figs so I've left a couple to defoliate and repot as a demonstration.

Love that first one!


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I think the new pot on the first one is a winner... Works much better with your tree.

Nice tree and Nice pot too.
is it a PK pot? I have one similar that is.

I need to pull the digit out and do all my figs, hibiscus now too.

Ken

Yes Ken. It is a PK pot. I've had it for a few years without a tree but this fig has developed enough to suit it.

Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.

This reminds me to do the same, love the girth on that first one. Pat Kennedy, one of Australia's finest bonsai potters!

GreenThumb wrote:Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.

Pat Kennedy
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Ken

kcpoole wrote:

GreenThumb wrote:Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.

Pat Kennedy
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Ken

Thank you both, and also for the link.

J

The figs I defoliated and repotted a few weeks ago have produced lots of new buds. Our last club meeting topic was figs so I took in a couple more to defoliate, prune and re-pot. I did take some before shots and edited them earlier today but both seem to have disappeared so now only after pictures....
New pot gives a little room for roots. I pruned a large branch on the left. Now need to develop remaining branches on that side to balance the mass on the right.

All of these ficus have thickened a lot in the past few years. The 2 smaller ones have outgrown their pots several times and had to go into larger ones. The large twin is not really a twin trunk anymore because the trunks have thickened so much that the space between them has gone.

Hi Shibui,

Lovely figs mate, I am a big fan of the proportions of them and look forward to following their progress.

Cheers

David